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HERaiNU^iiAW S I^IURARY OF AMERICAN UIOOBAPUT. about three million Uollani worth of war material, and advised tin- ;,'<tv.innii'iit ot auspected vihm Is. H*. n signcd his eonsulslii|» ill 1S82 and n'turiie«l to Madison, Wis. lie died ih

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Jackson, Nathaniel James, soldier, wna July 28, 1818, in New bury port, .Muss.

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coniiniasioned brigadi»V-general

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voluntfers in 1802; served through tl If cumimigns ol MfChllan and Poju- in Virginia; and was wounded at Uaiues's Alilb. Ue died April 21, 18!)2, in Jamestown, a. JaclCBOBy Oscar

rence county,

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lawyer, con-

soldier,

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KrcMman, was horn

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Ai)ril 4, 1872, in I'hiladelphia, i'a.

served in the union

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Jackson, Samuel Macauley, educator, author,

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He edited the church terms in the Standard Dicfionury and in the supplement Webster s International Dictionary; he edited and pubtished the Concise Dictionversity.

Aug.

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ary of K« liginus Knowledge; ia now editUie lb roe^ of the Kelormation, in ten

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died iSept. 12, 1S47. in Beverly. Masf*.

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Inland. He was a nuinufactur< r. In 1807 IS he was a representative trom Kiiode Island to the tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth congresses. He died April 18. 1888, in Providence, R.I.

Jackson, Richard Henry, soldier, was boni July 14, 1830, in Irela nd. .After serving in Khirida and the west, he |)assed his examination for a second lieutenancy, receiving liis commission in 1850. He afterward nerved «» assistant inspector-general, and was also acting chief of artillery on Morris and Follv wlands during the operations against Fort Sumter; and then was chief of artillery oi the tenth an<i twenty-fifth eorps, armv of the

James.

He was

brcvettcd brigadiergeneral of volunteers in 1885; was commissioned full brigadier-},'..rieral oi volunteers in ISttTi: and brevet major general the same

year. He was promoted major in 1880. died Nov. is, 1S92, in Atlanta, (Ux.

He

Jackson, Robert Montgomery Smith, phyaician, author, was bom April 1816, in

Jiew York

Charity organization societv; and a trustee of the Christian college of Canton, China. SittTe l8J»j he has been professor of cliuich history in the New York uni-

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Jackson, Richard, merehant. nianutaetureongressnian, was born in 17<i4 in Rhode

lU, 1861, in

Preaby-

Patrick Tracy, im reliant, was 14, I7H0, in .ewburyporl. Masn. he built a mill in Wiiltham, iieai no8tou, which is said to have been the iir»t lliat combined all the operntlons lor con<erting raw cotton into liiiinhed ehttli. Hf Ill

June

tcrian church of Norwood, N. J., he entered literary career. He is secretary ot the Prison assMeiation; vice-president of the

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Jackson,

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liurn

a

.hh-au- rum IVnn>ylania to the repuMaaii national convention that noiiiinateil I'n >ideiif« MeKinlev and Rwwevelt. lb- juaitms law at New a

was

In 1S70 he graduated from the college of th.' t ity .>f New York; and in 1873 lioin the I nion theological .seminary. After a four years' pastorate over the

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a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-ninth an«l Hiti. tli (..n^r, , as u npublican.

ot the

treasurer.

govern-

cities

war; and b.came

He was a member

lower house of the legislature from Armj-trong county, Pa.; was elected to the state senate in 187."); and iu 1893 eliicted state

folie-

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in

24, 1833, in Armstrong s.-rved tluoii^'h the civil

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wan county

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Jackson, Samuel HcCartmy, soldier, manufacturer, state senator, was born Sept. county, I'a. He

enas captain, anil

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Alexandria, Pa. He was medical insjactor ol tin tw«nty-third army corps; and acting medical director of the department of the Ohio. He was the author of The Mountain. He died Jan. 28, ISC."). in Chattanooga, Tenu. Jackson, Samuel, physician, educator, author, was born March 22, 1787, in Philadelphia, i'a. In l8;{.->-fi;i he was profe.Hsor of the institute ot medicine in the university of Pennsylvania; and was afterward emeritus professor until his death, lie was the author of Principles of .Medicine; Discourse Commemorative of l»rofessor Natliaaiel Chapman; and Medical Kssavs. He died

and Handbook for Practical Church and IMiilantliropv, in

in

nine volumes. He is the author of an "English translation of The Selected Works of Zwingli; and other valuable oontributionB to American lit« rutiire.

Jackson, Samuel P., musieian, composer, was iMjrn Feb. 6, 1818, in England. He was an organ builder, teacher of music, and an organ i.st of New York City. He was the author ol Gems for th« Organ; and Organ oluntaries, in four volumes.

He died July IS.".."), in Brooklyn, N. Y. Jackson, Seldon, educator, clergvman, scientist, author, was born Mav 18,' 1834 HI MmaviMe, N.Y. He was educated at iiK.ii college, and at Princeton theological seminary. In 1858 he waa ordained as a missionary by the Albany presbytery, and assigned to the Indian territory; and waa siibs. ,,uently transferred to Southern Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. In ISHil 70 he was appointe.l .superintendent of presbytery iiii-.siims; and during thirti-en years in the prosecution of this work he travelwl three hundred and liity thousand miles. In


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